NWS Columbia SCSV.W 0162September 6, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Richmond, Aiken, Bamberg and 2 more, GA and SC
The National Weather Service office in Columbia issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Richmond, Aiken, Bamberg and 2 more in Georgia, South Carolina, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 162nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Columbia issued in 2026. Georgia had 64 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 21 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Georgia's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 29 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Columbia SC
- Area
- Richmond, Aiken, Bamberg and 2 more
- State
- Georgia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:16 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCAE SV.W 0162
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia since 2008Every warning type in Georgia
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The notice as issued
SVRCAE The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Richmond County in east central Georgia... Northeastern Barnwell County in central South Carolina... Northwestern Bamberg County in central South Carolina... Southern Aiken County in central South Carolina... Western Orangeburg County in central South Carolina... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 716 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Augusta Mall to Williston to 7 miles northwest of Brookdale, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to trees and powerlines. * Locations impacted include... Aiken, North Augusta, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Denmark, Aiken Mall, Augusta, Clearwater, Brookdale, Belvedere, Martinez, Williston, Blackville, New Ellenton, Jackson, Glendale, Midtown, Orangeburg County Airport, Summerville, and Daniel Field. This includes the following highways... Interstate 20 in Georgia between mile markers 197 and 201. Interstate 20 in South Carolina between mile markers 0 and 3. Interstate 26 between mile markers 152 and 158. Interstate 520 in Georgia between mile markers 3 and 15. Interstate 520 in South Carolina between mile markers 16 and 21.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia since 2008774 a year
- Every warning type in Georgia
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels